We should “choose the future” George Osborne insisted yesterday, in what may yet turn out to be his final Budget. … Continue reading “Small beer Budget: Osborne deserves credit for holding back on the bribery”

If necessity is the mother of invention, politicians of all stripes will have to be spectacularly inventive in dealing with … Continue reading “Truly radical devolution of powers could banish big government in the UK forever”

In this new video for ieaTV, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood explains how liberalising the UK’s suffocating planning laws would … Continue reading “Through the roof”

Though you wouldn’t know it if from watching the BBC, opinion polls suggest that about half of British people want … Continue reading “The winner of the Brexit Prize provides a blueprint for an open, independent Britain”

Ronald Coase, who has died aged 102, won the Nobel prize for economic sciences in 1991 for his work in … Continue reading “Ronald Coase obituary”

British Chancellor George Osborne and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron received a timely reminder today that their tough-sounding rhetoric … Continue reading “Freeze UK public spending for five years to achieve growth”

A major irritation for anyone attempting to engage in an informed public discussion of economic policy is the media’s desire … Continue reading “Three reasons why Britain’s credit downgrade is no mere technicality”

A year has now passed since the government published the results of its Comprehensive Spending Review. Brazenly, Danny Alexander, Chief … Continue reading “Plan A is not the whole answer”

The Liberal Democrat leadership is in danger of committing a cardinal sin at their party conference in Birmingham. They are … Continue reading “The LibDems should back enterprise, not soak the rich”